| room service is available 24 hours. a foucault pendulum is on display in the lobby. breakfast is available (fee). suites add work areas and sofas. the colourful rooms feature tea and coffeemaking facilities, and free wi-fi. . set within the university of manchester campus, this straightforward conference hotel is an 8-minute walk from manchester oxford road train station and a 15-minute walk from the city centre. amenities include a casual restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop, plus a conference centre with multiple theatres and meeting rooms
Manchester Airport 22 min
People's History Museum (9 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester Cathedral (9 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Manchester Museum (9 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Printworks (8 min)
This revamped former printworks is home to restaurants, plus bars, nightclubs, a cinema and a gym. Manchester City Council (12 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Manchester Central Library (12 min)
Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. Manchester Art Gallery (10 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Old Trafford (9 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. Piccadilly Gardens (10 min)
Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. The Lowry (12 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. IWM North (12 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. The Whitworth (7 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. The John Rylands Library (13 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. National Football Museum (8 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Science and Industry Museum (7 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. | 
